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Frank Grube

Franklin Thomas Grube (Hans)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 7, 1905 in Easton, PA
School: Lafayette College (Easton, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1931 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1931-1941

Final Game: May 30, 1941 (Age 36)
Died: July 2, 1945 in New York, NY
Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1931 26 CHW AL 88 290 265 29 58 13 2 1 24 2 2 22 22 .219 .284 .294 .578 56 78 2 1 2
1932 27 CHW AL 93 319 277 36 78 16 2 0 31 6 1 33 13 .282 .362 .354 .716 92 98 2 6 2
1933 28 CHW AL 85 300 256 23 59 13 0 0 23 1 1 38 20 .230 .334 .281 .616 69 72 2 4 2
1934 29 SLB AL 65 194 170 22 49 10 0 0 11 2 1 24 11 .288 .379 .347 .727 83 59 1 0 2
1935 30 TOT AL 12 28 25 4 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 3 .360 .429 .480 .909 132 12 0 0 2
1935 30 SLB AL 3 6 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 110 3 0 0 /2
1935 30 CHW AL 9 22 19 1 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .368 .455 .474 .928 138 9 0 0 /2
1936 31 CHW AL 33 105 93 6 15 2 1 0 11 1 0 9 15 .161 .235 .204 .440 8 19 0 3 2
1941 36 SLB AL 18 44 39 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .154 .195 .205 .400 5 8 0 0 3 2
7 Yrs 394 1280 1125 121 274 59 5 1 107 12 5 131 88 .244 .326 .308 .634 68 346 0 7 17
162 Game Avg. 162 526 463 50 113 24 2 0 44 5 2 54 36 .244 .326 .308 .634 68 142 3 7
CHW (5 yrs) 308 1036 910 95 217 46 5 1 95 10 4 105 72 .238 .321 .303 .625 67 276 6 14
SLB (3 yrs) 86 244 215 26 57 13 0 0 12 2 1 26 16 .265 .347 .326 .673 71 70 0 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 26 CHW AL 88 290 -16 -0 0 0 2 -14 -1.3 11 -3 -0.2 .485 .492 -0.3 0.3 -3 $5,000 2
1932 27 CHW AL 93 319 -1 1 0 -3 3 0 0.0 12 12 1.2 .500 .500 1.5 -0.0 15 $6,500 2
1933 28 CHW AL 85 300 -9 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.7 11 4 0.4 .491 .495 0.4 0.2 5 $6,500 2
1934 29 SLB AL 65 194 -3 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.2 7 5 0.5 .497 .499 0.6 0.1 6 $4,500 2
1935 30 SLB AL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,750 /2
1935 30 CHW AL 9 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 1 2 0.2 .515 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /2
1936 31 CHW AL 33 105 -15 0 0 0 1 -14 -1.2 4 -10 -0.9 .462 .492 -0.9 0.1 -10 $2,500 2
1941 36 SLB AL 18 44 -6 0 0 -1 0 -6 -0.6 2 -5 -0.5 .464 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $3,000 2
7 Seasons 394 1280 -49 2 0 -6 11 -42 -3.9 48 6 0.6 .490 .497 1.2 0.5 12 $31,750
CHW (5 yrs) 308 1036 -40 2 0 -4 9 -33 -3.0 39 5 0.6 .490 .496 1.0 0.5 9 $20,500
SLB (3 yrs) 86 244 -9 0 0 -2 2 -9 -0.9 9 0 -0.0 .490 .498 0.2 -0.0 2 $11,250

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1931 CHW AL 26 C 81 73 63 305 248 50 7 3 .977 3.68 .981 4.92 2 55 21 28% 42%
1932 CHW AL 27 C 92 84 74 374 303 55 16 5 .957 3.89 .982 4.90 5 54 39 42% 43%
1933 CHW AL 28 C 83 73 63 315 266 44 5 5 .984 3.73 .988 4.88 5 29 16 36% 45%
1934 SLB AL 29 C 55 44 41 215 186 21 8 4 .963 3.76 .981 4.99 2 29 7 19% 37%
1935 TOT AL 30 C 12 6 6 44 36 6 2 0 .955 3.50 .984 4.75 0 4 3 43% 41%
1935 SLB AL 30 C 3 1 1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .984 4.73 0 0 0
1935 CHW AL 30 C 9 5 5 36 28 6 2 0 .944 3.78 .984 4.76 0 4 3 43% 41%
1936 CHW AL 31 C 32 22 20 109 89 19 1 2 .991 3.38 .979 4.78 2 10 5 33% 36%
1941 SLB AL 36 C 18 14 7 61 45 13 3 1 .951 3.22 .983 5.00 1 4 5 56% 41%
7 Seasons C 373 316 274 1423 1173 208 42 20 .970 3.70 .983 4.90 17 185 96 34% 42%
7 Seasons TOT 373 316 274 1423 1173 208 42 20 .970 3.70 .983 4.90 17 185 96 34% 42%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y
1932 AL  55 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1932 AL  16 (1st)
1934 AL  8 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1932 AL  5 (3rd)
1933 AL  5 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1931 AL  55 (1st)
1932 AL  54 (2nd)
1933 AL  29 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1932 AL  39 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2757), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (531st), 0.6 career WAR/1.5 7yr-peak WAR/1.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
193126Chicago White Sox$5,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193227Chicago White Sox$6,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193328Chicago White Sox$6,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193429St. Louis Browns$4,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
193530St. Louis Browns$3,750Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsSLB/CHW
193631Chicago White Sox$2,500Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
194136St. Louis Browns$3,000Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$31,750
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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